English Explanatory Dictionary

grep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern.
verb
  1. To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
  2. To search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).

Pronunciation

/ɡɹɛp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grep.wav

Word forms

grep greps grepping grepped

Etymology

From an idiomatic command sequence in the qed and ed text editors: ‘g/re/p’, meaning: globally search for a regular expression and print.

Derived words

greppable
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